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May 13, 2013For them, you feel, everything else is incidental--by-products of an already winning formula. For at the heart of each of the songs here is a touch of resonance--the kind that all the best pop records have.
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May 15, 2013Apt at harnessing the power of the pout, songs are left in the shadows, no minor key left unexplored. Theatrical, yes. But not without restraint.
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May 13, 2013It does not always work, but in short, orchestral bursts, MS MR demonstrate that they can transcend the confines of goth synth-pop, and produce one of the most memorable debuts of the year.
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May 20, 2013Secondhand Rapture blurs the line between throwing up our hands in defeat and throwing them up in joy.
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May 13, 2013MS MR's knack for durable hooks, in fact, is what keeps the album's gloomy goth-pop anchored.
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May 13, 2013MS MR concentrate on a sullen yet sultry mood for the bulk of Secondhand Rapture, and while that delivers several notable tracks--"Fantasy" and "Head Is Not My Home" chief among them--at times it's almost too much.
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Under The RadarJun 13, 2013The overall effect is a sturdy, if familiar-sounding, debut from a couple of no-nonsense pop culture junkies who sound far more interested in writing to-the-point pop songs instead of getting totally drunk on '80s and '90s nostalgia. [Jun-Jul 2013, p.94]
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May 22, 2013There are brooding, rhythmically strong pop songs that fall halfway between the poutiness of Lana Del Rey and the hyperactive fizz of HAIM. The parts where it deviates from that template, however, are baffling.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013This debut is dip-dyed electronica for the Tumblr generation. [Jun 2013, p.103]
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May 13, 2013They've got some good ideas, but perhaps just aren't ready for a full-length release.
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May 13, 2013Each song sounds much like the last but with hooks like this, who needs prizes for subtlety?
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May 14, 2013Ultimately Rapture isn’t the only thing that’s Secondhand on MS MR’s often underwhelming and frustratingly predictable début.
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Oct 4, 2013Ms Mr shows off good ideas, but they'll need to focus a little less on digital presentation and more on songwriting.
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May 13, 2013Secondhand Rapture feels overlong, hampered by a lyrical palette that seems to mirror the relationship struggles of a Twilight film.
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May 13, 2013MS MR deal in a similar kind of blandly alienated, metrosexual pop to Hurts, with Lizzy Plapinger's sultry-soulful vocals allied to Max Hershenow's electronic pop arrangements.
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May 24, 2013